Overview

• Facundo Manes posted on X that Martín Menem told him, "Pray there is no quorum, because we are going to destroy you; today a brutal media operation against you begins."
• Manes later said on TV that Menem warned of an effort to link him to Fred Machado and suggested letting the session fail to calm tensions, insisting he has no connection to Machado.
• Libertarian lawmakers, including Nadia Márquez, said they were present and heard no threat, and Menem replied to Manes: "Don’t lie; politics needs seriousness, not theater."
• Two reporters filmed the brief hallway exchange, and the available footage shows a cordial greeting and does not capture the whispered remarks Manes alleges.
• The opposition secured quorum to open debate on curbing presidential decrees, and José Luis Espert requested leave from his seat as fallout over his links to Machado persisted.